Today, we kick off our first week-long book feature of 2012, and we are delighted that that book is Ditched by Robin Mellom, a John Hughes-esque prom night romp that will delight readers young and old alike! This week will include an exclusive Q&A with Robin, some of our own prom stories (and photos! eek!),... Continue Reading →
More catch-up today on the blog, including two additional contest winners. First up, the winner of Legend by Marie Lu and a Legend button, courtesy of Penguin Teen, is Minas T. Congrats! Next up, we have the winner of our Shatter Me "Stream of Consciousness" writing contest. This winner will receive a copy of Shatter... Continue Reading →
More catch-up today on the blog, including two additional contest winners. First up, the winner of Legend by Marie Lu and a Legend button, courtesy of Penguin Teen, is Minas T. Congrats! Next up, we have the winner of our Shatter Me "Stream of Consciousness" writing contest. This winner will receive a copy of Shatter... Continue Reading →
It's catch-up time here on the blog, so I'm pleased to finally present to you the winners of our Chronicles of Harris Burdick writing contest! Each of the following winners wrote stories based on one of Chris Van Allsburg's illustrations -- and will receive a copy of the book signed by Chris! This story comes... Continue Reading →
It's catch-up time here on the blog, so I'm pleased to finally present to you the winners of our Chronicles of Harris Burdick writing contest! Each of the following winners wrote stories based on one of Chris Van Allsburg's illustrations -- and will receive a copy of the book signed by Chris! This story comes... Continue Reading →
* First up this week, the stunning cover reveal for City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare: Plus, check out an excerpt from the prologue on USA Today. * Speaking of covers, here is the redesigned look for Holly Black's Curse Workers series, the latest of which, Black Heart, comes out in April: * Big... Continue Reading →
Back in October, some of the best young adult & middle grade authors around came to Portland, Oregon for Wordstock Festival -- which, as many of you know, I am the YA/children's author coordinator for. We had SO MANY amazing authors in one place, that I had to find some cool way to share the... Continue Reading →
I met Holly Cupala back in September during KidLitCon in Seattle -- first when I asked her to sign my copy of Tell Me A Secret. Then we got to talking and she slipped me her last ARC for Don't Breathe a Word. The next day, I heard Holly and her husband Shiraz talk about... Continue Reading →
I met Holly Cupala back in September during KidLitCon in Seattle -- first when I asked her to sign my copy of Tell Me A Secret. Then we got to talking and she slipped me her last ARC for Don't Breathe a Word. The next day, I heard Holly and her husband Shiraz talk about... Continue Reading →
There are a TON of new YA books coming out in 2012 (we posted about a lot of them here) -- and quite a few of this year's new releases are sequels, or new additions to a series. Below, you'll find my top 5 most-anticipated sequels of 2012. A Want So Wicked by Suzanne Young... Continue Reading →
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